Difference between revisions of "Steel Strider"

Latest revision as of 06:42, 26 February 2023

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Digital re-release of the Japanese version on DLsite.
Steam		English version.
Humble Store (unavailable)		English version.

The DRM-free version of the English release is no longer sold.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\option^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game>/option

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\option\sav^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game>/option/sav

The sav folder is missing in the Linux DRM-free version, it needs to be created by the user in order to be able to save games.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Supports only 640x480 and 1024x768 resolutions, with the latter upscaling the game with bilinear filtering in windowed mode. The Aspect-Ratio option is intended for playing in fullscreen if the video card's scaling mode is stretched.^[1]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Fully supported in the English version. Limited support in the Japanese version.^[1]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers		DirectInput controllers are supported in the Japanese version.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Keyboard remapping.
Controller remapping.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Only supported in the English version.
Japanese				Some of the menu text is in English.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8	Japanese version uses Direct3D 8.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce series AMD (ATI) Radeon series

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce series AMD (ATI) Radeon series

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-05-13

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Widescreen_resolution-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-05-13

[Note 1]

[1]

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Developers

	Astro Port
Publishers
Current	Henteko Doujin
Former	Nyu Media
Release dates
Windows	September 19, 2013
Linux	November 12, 2015^{[citation needed]}
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Vehicles	Robot
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Sci-fi